Teaching Online Versus Teaching hybrid and in class

Khamis M Bilbeisi; Barbara Minsky

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss9.231

Authors

Khamis M Bilbeisi

Clayton State University, Georgia
Barbara Minsky

Troy University, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss9.231

Keywords:

Distance Education, Hybrid course, Online Course Design, Distance Learning, Blackboard, Virtual learning, blended course

Abstract

This paper deals with the question: How is hybrid teaching different from online and conventional teaching? In this paper we compare hybrid, face-to-face class-room and online teaching. We found that the numbers of students enrolled in online courses are significantly higher than the number of students enrolled in face-to-face courses. Furthermore, online degrees now offer the same exact course work as hybrid and traditional classroom courses. So the choice of mode of learning comes down to students’ personal preferences. Some students often try out an online course only to find that they like hybrid or traditional classroom instruction better. We believe hybrid courses better meet the needs of most students: they provide a learning style that requires students participate in classroom instruction where they can visually and verbally interact with the instructor and their peers, but yet has the convenience of reducing the need for driving, which saves gas, and also serve to develop students’ Internet, technology and virtual team skills by participating in online discussions, tests and other virtual learning activities.

Author Biographies

Khamis M Bilbeisi, Clayton State University, Georgia

Accounting Department, School of Business
Barbara Minsky, Troy University, USA

Management Department, Sorrell College of Business

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